The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons - The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons by Henry Steel Olcott
Excerpt:
The thoughtful student, in scanning the religious history of the race, has one fact continually forced upon his notice, viz
The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons - The thoughtful student, in scanning the religious history of the race, has one fact continually forced upon his notice, viz., that there is an invariable tendency to deify whomsoever shows himself superior to the weakness of our common humanity
The Wonders of Prayer The Wonders of Prayer
by Various
Excerpt:
The incidents which are published in this volume, are vouched for upon the strongest proofs of authenticity possible to obtain, and are either of circumstances known amid my own experience, or connected with the lives of my correspondents and their friends
The Cell of Self-Knowledge The Cell of Self-Knowledge - The Cell of Self-Knowledge by Henry Pepwell
Excerpt:
FROM the end of the thirteenth to the beginning of the fifteenth century may be called the golden age of mystical literature in the
vernacular
New Tabernacle Sermons New Tabernacle Sermons
by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
Excerpt:
There are two sides to the character of Samson. The one phase of his life, if followed into the particulars, would administer to the grotesque and the mirthful; but there is a phase of his character fraught with lessons of solemn and eternal import
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for BlackBerry The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Excerpt:
To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler
Strong Souls Strong Souls
by Charles Beard
Excerpt:
Life is a gift of very unequal distribution
Handwork in Wood Handwork in Wood
by William Noyes
Excerpt:
This book is intended primarily for teachers of woodwork, but the author hopes that there will also be other workers in wood, professional and amateur, who will find in it matter of interest and profit
EBook - As a Man Thinketh - by James Allen As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen
Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
Quotes:
"Don't accept that others know you better than yourself. Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results
